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  • Author: Brennan, William

Date: 2004

Language: English

Find in a Library: 623978169

From PublishAmerica:"The Great Depression has dealt the cotton textile industry repeated blows. Mills are failing and unemployment is rampant. Irish and Franco-American workers in the fictional Southeastern New England town of Millbank,…

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  • Author: Boudreau, Amy

Date: 1971 (first printing, 1955)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 579113

Book-length poem on the Acadian expulsion and settlement in the United States, followed by a brief historical sketch of Nova Scotia (modern-day Acadia) and the Acadians in Louisiana. Prefaced with an appreciative letter written by then-Consul General…

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  • Author: Beaupré, Norman

Date: 2005

Language: English

Find in a Library: 77139371

Novel about WWII and its effects on soldiers and civilians alike. Explores the similar experiences of one boy from New England and one from Berlin. An attempt to remember the War's "forgotten undesirables:" Gypsy, gay, African American, Japanese…

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  • Author: Hebert-Leiter, Maria

Date: 2009

Language: English

Find in a Library: 463256338

From LSU Press: "From antebellum times, Louisiana’s unique multipartite society included a legal and social space for intermediary racial groups such as Acadians, Creoles, and Creoles of Color. In 'Becoming Cajun, Becoming American,' Maria…

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  • Author: Stewart, Sharon

Date: 2004

Language: English (traduction en français est disponible)

Find in a Library: 54371823

A children's book about the Acadian expulsion of 1754 (le Grand Dérangement). From Scholastic Canada: "Angélique Richard's life is turned upside down when she and her family, along with the people of Grand-Pré, are forced by the…

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  • Author: Seton, Anya

Date: 1975 (2010)

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1272590, 642838990

Young adult novel heavily influenced by the tale of "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Seton's final novel, originally published in 1975. Republished in 2010. From Chicago Review Press: "Anya Seton, whose many novels won her world-wide…

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  • Author: Roche, François (rédacteur)

Date: 1981

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 8172157

Une anthologie des contes, poèmes, essaies, et images qui commencent à illustrer le fait franco Nouvelle-Angleterre du 20e siècle.

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  • Author: Provencher Faucher, Doris

Date: 2006

Language: English

Find in a Library: 122407531

Third novel in "Le Québécois" series. From Artenay Press: "Three decades of colonial peace and prosperity follow the Treaty of Utrecht. Bastien's three succeeding generations migrate to settle south and west along the Saint Lawrence…

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  • Author: Nadeau, IreÌ€ne Daigle

Date: 1980

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 49083488

Un livre des poèmes sur la vie ancienne de Madawaska, dans le Nouveau Brunswick. Contient les titres "Le savon, "Les boeufs," "La prohibition," etc.

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  • Author: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Date: 1897 (1847)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 27193052

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Maine native Longfellow's epic poem about "le Grand Dérangement" - the Acadian Expulsion - and one Acadian woman's search for her love lost. First published in 1847.

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  • Author: Le Blanc, Barbara

Date: 2003 June

Language: English (with français)

Find in a Library: 52070757

From Gaspereau Press: "In 'Postcards from Acadie,' Barbara Le Blanc explores the cultural and symbolic resonance of the Grand Pré National Historic site...Excavating the political and cultural symbols that have shaped Grand Pré, Le Blanc…

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  • Author: Labonté, Robert

Date: 1992

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 27851198

Une grande texte qui contient des photos, poèsie, quelques recettes populaires, et des vieux blagues de la vallée St. Jean dans le comté Aroostook du Maine, sur la frontière des Etats-Unis et la Nouveau-Brunswick.

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  • Author: Therriault, Mary-Carmel

Date: 1945

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Littérature française

Institution: Université Laval

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 77409396

Un oeuvre qui explore le phénomène de la littérature langue française écrit et lit dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, jusqu'à 1945. Réédité en 1946 par Fides, les Publications de l'Université…

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  • Author: Stelling, Louis E.

Date: 2008

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Linguistics

Institution: State University of New York at Albany

Language: en

Find in a Library: 291091271

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From the author: "Although the originally French speaking Franco-American communities of Southbridge, Massachusetts, and Woonsocket, Rhode Island, have much in common historically, language shift toward English has advanced to differing degrees in…

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  • Author: Price, Joseph Edward

Date: 2007

Thesis Type: Ph. D., French

Institution: Indiana University

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 256913741

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From Price: "This study examines the status of the French language among young residents of Madawaska, Maine, a US-Canadian border community with a long history of bilingualism and contact with French speakers. This study views language status as…

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  • Author: Pidacks, Adrienne Marie

Date: 2008-08-00

Thesis Type: M.A., Communications

Institution: University of Maine

Language: en

Find in a Library: 314172114

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From the author: "The poem 'Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published in 1847, has had an impact on people for generations. The success of the poem was felt not only by its readership but also by the Acadian culture that…

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  • Author: Allen, James Paul

Date: 1970

Thesis Type: Ph. D.

Institution: Syracuse University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 5962074

Dissertation on areal patterns and geographic trends espoused by Roman Catholics in the state of Maine, with a focus on population distribution and respective voting patterns.

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  • Author: Shea, Louise Gravel

Date: 1999

Thesis Type: M.A., Geography

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 277833186

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De l'auteur: "Le territoire d'étude de ce mémoire est situé dans le comté du Madawaska, au nord-ouest du Nouveau-Brunswick et dans la partie nord du comte d'Aroostook Maine, c'est-à-dire dans la vallée supérieure de la rivière…

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  • Author: Gauvin, Marie Anne

Date: 1965

Thesis Type: M.S., Modern Languages

Institution: Central Connecticut State College

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 7520406

Find Online: OL12363344W

Historical observations of language usage in the St. John River Valley in Maine and New Brunswick, focusing on the social, cultural, and linguistic traits maintained by the area's Acadian population. From the author: "This thesis proposes to show how…

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  • Author: DeFarges, Rachelle Chasse
  • Author: Chasse, E. David
  • Author: Chasse, Andrew W.
  • Author: Chasse, Geraldine

Date: 2003

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A chronicling of the living monuments planted in honor of local families in Madawaska, Maine, during the town's annual Acadian Festival and Family Reunion celebrations. Beginning in 1980, a tree was planted and a stone engraved each year in…

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  • Author: Bunnell, Paul

Date: 2004

Language:

Find in a Library: 58017168

List of French (Canadian) and Native American Marriages from eastern North America. Respective sources are listed for each documented marriage.

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  • Author: Takai, Yukari

Date: 2010

Publication: The Canadian Historical Review

Volume: 91

Language: en

Find in a Library: 636583583

Review of two 2008 history texts on French America: "Franco-Amérique," by Dean Louder and Eric Waddell, and "Loyal but French: The Negotiation of Identity by French-Canadian Descendants in the United States," by Mark Paul Richard.

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  • Author: Kristofferson, Robert B.

Date: 2010

Publication: The American Historical Review

Volume: 115

Language: en

Find in a Library: 611180848

A review of Béatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada" (University of Toronto Press, 2009). The reviewer, Robert Kristofferson, is a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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  • Author: Madore, Nelson (editor)
  • Author: Rodrigue, Barry H. (editor)
  • Author: Miller, Corinna (editor)
  • Author: Hébert, Chase (editor)
  • Author: Beaupré, Normand (French language editor)

Date: 2007

Language: en

Find in a Library: 131062883

Celebrated collection of essays, stories, poems, songs, art, and other works on the history of Franco American people and their communities in Maine. Features the following writings by their respective authors, in order of appearance: Foreword by…

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  • Author: Joy, Richard J.

Date: 1976 Autumn

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 6

Language:

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An explanation of 1970s Canadian census figures specifically regarding language, birth rates, and geography. From the author: "Canada is an ideal country in which to study the progress of language transfer and other factors affecting minority…

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  • Author: Heylen, Romy

Date: 1994 February

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 67

Language:

Find in a Library: 1238339

Article exploring the development of Cajun ethnic identity through its iterations in modern theatrical performance in Louisiana, in a period of apparent ethnic revival. How Cajun theatre and its use of the French language function in terms of shaping…

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  • Author: Ham, Edward B.

Date: 1939 June

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 12

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480378034

Article on the early-twentieth-century establishment of Franco American social organizations, and their implications for cultural heritage preservation, or the idea of "la survivance." Refers to already-established social organizations in Québec…

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  • Author: Gauthier, Francois

Date: 2010-07-00

Publication: Revue des deux mondes

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 8797804

De l'auteur: "La communauté franco-américaine de Nouvelle-Angleterre, ou «communauté franco», est relativement méconnue en France. L’action qu’elle conduit pour faire reconnaître son identité au sein de la…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.
  • Author: Smith, Jane S.

Date: 2007-01

Publication: Glottopol: Revue de sociolinguistique en ligne

Volume: 9

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 643755913

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De Glottopol, la revue de sociolinguistique en ligne: "Jane Smith et Cynthia Fox font le point sur les analyses qu'elles ont déjà produites jusqu'ici, notamment la situation du franco-américain à l'heure actuelle, l'implantation des…

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  • Author: Doty, C. Stewart

Date: 2002 Spring/Summer

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 33

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60628349

Short piece honoring geographer and historian Robert G. LeBlanc, and introducing his two major pieces of scholarship: one on the Acadian migrations, the other on the Québec ties of the New England Franco-American elite.

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